Living tens, hundreds, even thousands of miles offshore, pelagic seabirds are some of the least understood and most threatened avian species in the world.
The Open Ocean is the Last Frontier In Birding
June 28, 2017 •
The Ocean
Bay Nature stories about the Pacific Ocean.
At a Snail’s Place
April 19, 2017 •
The surprising, spiraling story of why sea snails live where they live.
El Niño’s Gone, But Some Unusual Southern Visitors Remain on the North Coast
March 17, 2017 •
Biologists found 19 live pelagic red crabs in Bodega Bay in January, a first.
How To Go Tidepooling, a Guide for the Amateur
January 1, 2017 •
How to go tidepooling and find things.
Naturalist’s Notebook: An Illustrated Guide to Watching for Humpback Whales
October 14, 2016 •
What to look for when watching humpbacks.
A Sea Snail’s Ability to Flee From Predators Is Impaired By More Acidic Water, New Paper Suggests
July 1, 2016 •
Sea snails flee from predators. A new research paper suggests that ocean acidification impairs that ability.
Whale Resources
July 1, 2016 •
Whale Watching: The Oceanic Society has offered naturalist-led whale-watching excursions in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1972. Excursions leave from San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, and Bodega Bay, on weekends from late December through mid-May. Tours also visit the … Read more
The Purple Storm Snail, an Unusual Visitor to Northern California
April 1, 2016 •
When the wind and current are right, you might find this rare visitor to Northern California.
What Lurks Beneath
February 8, 2016 •
A small research team sets out in the search for a potential ocean killer. But in this unusual year, nature is not cooperating with her interrogators.
Neurotoxin That Closed Crab Fisheries Is Declining — But Slowly
December 16, 2015 •
The harmful algae bloom that sickened marine mammals and caused the closure of California’s crab fishery this winter is slowly dissipating, while researchers are still trying to understand what caused it to happen.